Four councils are set to go to the High Court in a joint effort to rid the whole of the Black Country of ‘dangerous and illegal’ car cruising.

Wolverhampton City Council is leading neighbouring Walsall, Dudley and Sandwell through a bid to obtain an injunction to stop the gatherings where motorists race each other and perform stunts.

Police, meanwhile, have warned that the meetings, on some of the region’s biggest roads, are putting lives at risk.

The Ettingshall neighbourhood policing team in Wolverhampton, led by Sgt Jon Yeomans, posted on the West Midlands Police website that complaints had been received about groups of vehicles involved in street racing along the Black Country Route in Springvale, Bilston.

On December 29, it added: “Statements have been obtained and submitted to Wolverhampton City Council with a view to obtaining a High Court injunction to prevent this illegal street racing activity taking place.

“In the meanwhile the team will use high-visibility patrols and CCTV monitoring equipment to deter motorists who engage in this dangerous and illegal activity.”